Name: Sarod Diaries:Sounds of the Subcontinent
Start: 2025-09-19T19:00:00-07:00
End: 2025-09-19T20:45:00-07:00
Location: Blacow Rd, Fremont, CA, United States

Sarod Diaries:Sounds of the Subcontinent

This program is an intimate house concert in Fremont journey into the world of Hindustani classical music, the North Indian classical tradition, performed on the sarod with live tabla accompaniment. This concert features award winning musicians Souryadeep Bhattacharyya on the sarod and Sandip Ghosh on the Tabla. The sarod’s deep, resonant tone captures both meditative stillness and vibrant rhythmic energy, perfected by the majestic tabla accompaniment carrying the heritage of the Indian subcontinent while speaking directly to the present moment.
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About the Artists:
Souryadeep Bhattacharyya is an award-winning sarod player trained under the Guru-Shishya Parampara in the Maihar Gharana under Pt. Alok Lahiri, with his foundational training in the Rampur-Shahjahanpur Gharana under Late Jayanta Roychowdhury. With over three decades of training, he has been recognized as an All India Gold Medalist in Instrumental Music, and is an empaneled artist of both the Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR) and All India Radio. He has performed at prestigious venues such as Lincoln Center (New York), the Chicago Cultural Center, the Indian Consulate in Chicago, and on major stages and festivals across India and the U.S. With his expressive playing and storytelling approach, Souryadeep continues to carry forward the rich heritage of Hindustani classical music, making it accessible and meaningful to global listeners.
Sandip Ghosh is an accomplished tabla artist whose musical journey began under Pt. Gobindo Bose and deepened through over 25 years of dedicated training with the legendary Pt. Anindo Chatterjee in the Guru-Shishya Parampara. He has also received rare guidance for more than 15 years from Vidushi Kaushiki Chakraborty and Pt. Ajoy Chakraborty, shaping his holistic approach to music. A first-class master’s graduate in music from Rabindra Bharati University, Sandip has earned numerous accolades worldwide. As an acclaimed accompanist, he has performed with some of the finest names in Indian classical music, including Pt. Ajoy Chakraborty, Vidushi Kaushiki Chakraborty, Pt. Kushal Das, Pt. Tejendra Narayan Majumder, Ustad Shahid Parvez, Vidushi Aruna Sairam, Ustad Aashish Khan, Ustad Shujaat Khan, Pt. Ulhas Kashalkar, Ustad Rashid Khan, Pt. Purbayan Chatterjee, and Pt. Rakesh Chaurasia, among many others.